4000 CELPIP Vocabulary List

breed; emerge from the egg

seriousness; solemn and dignified feeling; natural force between two massive bodies

move or run rapidly or carelessly, lifting the fore and hind feet alternately, in successive leaps or bounds

easily angered; irritable; made too quickly to be accurate or wise

move or run rapidly or carelessly, lifting the fore and hind feet alternately, in successive leaps or bounds

elegance and beauty of movement or expression; a short prayer of thanks before a meal

a common, coarse-grained, light-colored, hard igneous rock consisting chiefly of quartz; unyielding endurance

an article of tableware made of glass

art of drawing, particularly of precise mechanical drawing, as of architectural and engineering plans

form an opinion concerning, without knowledge or means of knowledge; judge of at random

crouch or curl up; mass; heap;  crowd or draw together

grip; take hold of or seize firmly with or as if with the hand

terrestrial plant-eating insect; young student in initial stages of training

defensive covering for the head; hat, made of cork, felt, or metal, worn as a uniform of soldiers, firemen

wide and general destruction; devastation; waste

an article of tableware made of glass

crush; scrape; reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading

pay attention to; listen to, and consider

concordant; accordant; suitable and fitting

sound as if echoing in an empty space; void; vain; not solid; having space or gap or cavity

form an opinion concerning, without knowledge or means of knowledge; judge of at random

a small number; an amount of something that can be held in one hand

kindness; virtue; all of the inhabitants of the earth

pay attention to; listen to, and consider

easily angered; irritable; made too quickly to be accurate or wise

form an opinion concerning, without knowledge or means of knowledge; judge of at random

pay attention to; listen to, and consider

descended, or capable of descending, from an ancestor to an heir at law

bite or chew on with the teeth

kind of gas they were using to fill the balloon

breed; emerge from the egg

disadvantage; physical disability; cripple; hinder; impede

descended, or capable of descending, from an ancestor to an heir at law

crouch or curl up; mass; heap;  crowd or draw together

take or grasp suddenly; snatch; capture

crush; scrape; reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading

put at a disadvantage; prevent the progress or free movement of

bustle; cause to move furtively and hurriedly

an article of tableware made of glass

genetics; inheritance; the genetic transmission of characteristics from parent to offspring